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it's a great investment for the city, and that's what lafayette found out. >> so how is the consumer in lafayette situated differently from me here in manhattan with one cable service? >> in comparison to where you are in manhattan where there's no government intervention at all, in lafayette the municipality is acting as a steward, standing up for you. it is in fact government's role to stand up against the ethic that might makes right. in most of america there is no government factor keeping these bullies from charging us whatever they want. >> you describe something in your book that we've talked about often at this table. quote, "the constant easy, friendly flow between government and industry in the communications world centered around washington d.c." describe that world. >> it's a warm pond of familiarity. everybody knows everybody else. they're all very nice people, you'd like to have a drink with them. they go from a job inside the regulator to a job in industry to a job on the hill, one easy flow, nice people. outsiders have no impact on this particular world. and it would
it's a great investment for the city, and that's what lafayette found out. >> so how is the consumer in lafayette situated differently from me here in manhattan with one cable service? >> in comparison to where you are in manhattan where there's no government intervention at all, in lafayette the municipality is acting as a steward, standing up for you. it is in fact government's role to stand up against the ethic that might makes right. in most of america there is no government...
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look at the same map of new york city for city council races, it's covered. there are small contributions coming from every neighborhood, even the poorest neighborhoods in the city. people who are running for office are reaching out to their constituents, ordinary citizens, they're having house parties in people's living rooms, not large, you know, large check fund-raisers. and the statistics are that the people who participate in the system get the majority of their funding from small contributors and only a small minority of what are still large contributions of, you know, $1,000 and up. >> this is a gigantic change. i mean, people should appreciate who gets to run for office when you have a system like this. librarians run for office, ex-teachers run for office. it's not just people who have a rolodex of prospective donors who get to run for office. and it's good for the candidates and the voters alike. there's a lot of middle class and working class people who can put that $10 and $20 and $50 together. that's worth $70 or $140 or $350 to the candidate. so
look at the same map of new york city for city council races, it's covered. there are small contributions coming from every neighborhood, even the poorest neighborhoods in the city. people who are running for office are reaching out to their constituents, ordinary citizens, they're having house parties in people's living rooms, not large, you know, large check fund-raisers. and the statistics are that the people who participate in the system get the majority of their funding from small...
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we can read every day that in the major cities of the united states, apartments are changing hands for $10 million, $20 million, $30 million, $40 million. people have enormous yachts that they cruise -- we all see it. we all know it. we even celebrate it as a nation. how does that square with millions of people in a position where they can't provide even the most basic services and opportunities? we don't have equality of opportunity. because there is no shortcut. if you want equality of opportunity, you're going to have to create equality of income and wealth much closer to a genuine equality than anything -- we're going in the other direction. and so i agree with you. it's stark if our president talks about something so divergent from the reality. >> when study after study has exposed the myth that this is a land of opportunity, how does the myth keep getting perpetuated? >> well, my wife is a psychotherapist. and so i ask her that question often. and here's what she says to me. often people cling all the harder to an idea precisely because the reality is so different and becoming mo
we can read every day that in the major cities of the united states, apartments are changing hands for $10 million, $20 million, $30 million, $40 million. people have enormous yachts that they cruise -- we all see it. we all know it. we even celebrate it as a nation. how does that square with millions of people in a position where they can't provide even the most basic services and opportunities? we don't have equality of opportunity. because there is no shortcut. if you want equality of...
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they, we don't have guys selling apples in street corners partly because, you know, the city licensing wouldn't allow that anymore. but we do have, again, we've got four million people who've been out of work for more than a year. the u.s. social system is not designed to take care of somebody who's been out of work. we have unemployment insurance that's intended to deal with short spells of unemployment. so there's an enormous amount of misery, but it is mostly hidden. >> so that's why you refer to it, even though the optics have changed, as a quote "vast, unnecessary catastrophe?" >> yeah. the amount of damage that's being done is enormous. the amount of suffering of people is enormous. and if it isn't out there, visible on the streets, if it's dispersed across a suburban you know, if you see a house with a for sale sign that's been sitting there for a while, you may not know the story about the family that was driven from its house because they, one or both spouses lost jobs and couldn't find others. or, and they were foreclosed on. but it's a real story, all the same. and there's l
they, we don't have guys selling apples in street corners partly because, you know, the city licensing wouldn't allow that anymore. but we do have, again, we've got four million people who've been out of work for more than a year. the u.s. social system is not designed to take care of somebody who's been out of work. we have unemployment insurance that's intended to deal with short spells of unemployment. so there's an enormous amount of misery, but it is mostly hidden. >> so that's why...
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she is an adjunct professor of latino and latin american studies at the city university of new york and has taught courses on reproductive rights, gender, and sexuality. lynn paltrow is founder and executive director of national advocates for pregnant women. she has served as a senior staff attorney at the aclu's reproductive freedom project and recently published this study in the american journal of public health, "roe v. wade and the new jane crow." welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> before we get to what you're up against 40 years after roe versus wade, i want to ask you a question from your own experience, long experience in both cases of working with women. what does compulsory childbearing mean to a woman? what are the effects of knowing that you are not free to decide for yourselves whether to become a mother or not? >> well, we know that when abortion is criminalized before 1973 in the u.s., when abortion providers aren't available, many women will do what they have to do to take control of and responsibility for their reproductive lives. and if that means endi
she is an adjunct professor of latino and latin american studies at the city university of new york and has taught courses on reproductive rights, gender, and sexuality. lynn paltrow is founder and executive director of national advocates for pregnant women. she has served as a senior staff attorney at the aclu's reproductive freedom project and recently published this study in the american journal of public health, "roe v. wade and the new jane crow." welcome to you both. >>...
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and i go across the city to au. >> american university? >> right, where, you know, unemployment is 3%, population's very affluent. so you know, every day, i'm forced to deal with those realities and reconcile them in my head. and i think, you know, that commute that i have to deal with, every week, comes out in my poetry because i feel like often i'm trying to reconcile or make sense of these conflicting worlds that geographically aren't that very far from each other. >> kyle dargan grew up in newark, new jersey with working parents determined he would escape a deteriorating city and make something of himself. but echoes of the inner city still resonate when dargan walks through his new neighborhood in southeast dc. >> isn't your neighborhood more or less in the shadows of the capital? >> i think realtors want people to think that, but actually, we're on the other side of the anacostia river. actually, my neighborhood now, i saw it listed somewhere on a real estate website as capitol hill east. and i'm like, "that's a bit of a stretch," yo
and i go across the city to au. >> american university? >> right, where, you know, unemployment is 3%, population's very affluent. so you know, every day, i'm forced to deal with those realities and reconcile them in my head. and i think, you know, that commute that i have to deal with, every week, comes out in my poetry because i feel like often i'm trying to reconcile or make sense of these conflicting worlds that geographically aren't that very far from each other. >> kyle...
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>> madeline janis: we called it a state of the city. people's state of the city. and we had, you know, hundreds of people. every single person running for office, every person currently in office in long beach all came. and we were able to articulate this broader agenda, with, you know, all of the things that regular people care about. but it came off of the win, the fact that you, people said, "wow, 63% of the people are with us." >> bill moyers: i read that you did a story based strategy with homeowners facing foreclosure, that you're doing it in 11 cities. what's the story there? >> rachel laforest: so there is actually this brilliant organization that moves and does training for organizations in this country called the center for story based strategy. and their premise is exactly what marshall describes. is that values are communicated through meaning. not necessarily through facts, but giving meaning to a set of values and being able to tell a story. and so, we've got a national campaign around housing that we use foreclosure, homeowners who are facing forecl
>> madeline janis: we called it a state of the city. people's state of the city. and we had, you know, hundreds of people. every single person running for office, every person currently in office in long beach all came. and we were able to articulate this broader agenda, with, you know, all of the things that regular people care about. but it came off of the win, the fact that you, people said, "wow, 63% of the people are with us." >> bill moyers: i read that you did a...
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he now lives in seattle, like many of his characters who left the reservation for the city, living in between, and traveling across boundaries both real and imagined. sherman alexie, welcome. >> oh, thank you. it's good to be here. >> life for you is a lot of in between, isn't it? >> well, as a native, as a colonized people you do live in the in between. the thing is i'm native. but necessarily because i'm a member of the country, i'm also a white american. >> but you must feel at home in that in between now, because so many people are, as you say, living there. >> i was taught that it was not easy, that there was something destructive about it. i was taught by my elders, my parents that it was a bad, dangerous place to be. but i've come to realize it's actually, it's pretty magical. you know? i can be in a room full of indians and non-indians. and i can switch in the middle of sentences. so, and also because i'm ambiguously ethnic looking, you know, i come to new york and i can be anything. people generally think i'm half of whatever they are. so, i end up feeling like a spy in the h
he now lives in seattle, like many of his characters who left the reservation for the city, living in between, and traveling across boundaries both real and imagined. sherman alexie, welcome. >> oh, thank you. it's good to be here. >> life for you is a lot of in between, isn't it? >> well, as a native, as a colonized people you do live in the in between. the thing is i'm native. but necessarily because i'm a member of the country, i'm also a white american. >> but you...
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the city that they love dearly. and if they can see it they will see how each of these places is uniquely at risk and how the places and the people that we care about are at risk because of this issue. >> tony leiserowitz, thank you very much for sharing this ideas a new time with us. >> oh my pleasure bill, great to be with you. >> you may remember that we spoke about guns just a few days before christmas, following the massacre in newtown, connecticut. so did wayne lapierre, ceo of the national rifle association. >> the only way, the only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be personally involved and invested in a plan of absolute protection. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> listening to lapierre, my jaw dropped, and it occurred to me that he might well have plagiarized his vision of a wholly armed nation from another "man of the people" of 40 years ago, the protagonist in the famous sitcom "all in the family." when a local tv station comes out in favor of g
the city that they love dearly. and if they can see it they will see how each of these places is uniquely at risk and how the places and the people that we care about are at risk because of this issue. >> tony leiserowitz, thank you very much for sharing this ideas a new time with us. >> oh my pleasure bill, great to be with you. >> you may remember that we spoke about guns just a few days before christmas, following the massacre in newtown, connecticut. so did wayne lapierre,...
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and within the city of milwaukee, we've had different movements over the years for city contracts that would have family-sustaining wages, which would be higher than the minimum wage. so there are different political collective decisions in terms of wages. but i also think it's really important, and one of the lessons from wisconsin is to defend what we have. because sometimes in milwaukee, it's sort of like, "well, it's so bad, it can't get worse." and you go, "well, yeah, actually it could get worse." and so when i see public education being abandoned, i mean, public education is a fundamental democratic public institution. i mean, it is written into the wisconsin state constitution, that children have the right to a free, public education. i mean, i wish there were democratic -- there were constitutional right to jobs and healthcare and all -- there's not. but there is a constitutional right to public education in wisconsin. and that institution is being abandoned. >> bill moyers: what brought that about? >> barbara miner: part of it was -- it is complicated -- part of it was we're
and within the city of milwaukee, we've had different movements over the years for city contracts that would have family-sustaining wages, which would be higher than the minimum wage. so there are different political collective decisions in terms of wages. but i also think it's really important, and one of the lessons from wisconsin is to defend what we have. because sometimes in milwaukee, it's sort of like, "well, it's so bad, it can't get worse." and you go, "well, yeah,...
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and at that point the power structure of american cities was still run by protestants. well, with all those catholics coming up and setting up their parochial school system, the first really large scale religious school system, this is a period of great unease about how -- and american protestantism itself is splitting in a way that affects our country, as you know very well, to this day, in that we have protestants of the henry ward beecher variety, who say, "let's see how our religion can accommodate to the secular knowledge of darwin's theory of evolution." and you have fundamentalists for whom william jennings bryan was the great spokesman, although he wasn't nearly as conservative as some of the anti-evolutionists today. >> no, he was quite liberal in social policy. >> oh, in social matters, yes. but even on religion, who say, "no, no, every word in the bible is literally true." and this split in american protestantism, which really begins to affect every aspect of politics in the late 19th century, which is why ingersoll's issues were so prominent. this is the spl
and at that point the power structure of american cities was still run by protestants. well, with all those catholics coming up and setting up their parochial school system, the first really large scale religious school system, this is a period of great unease about how -- and american protestantism itself is splitting in a way that affects our country, as you know very well, to this day, in that we have protestants of the henry ward beecher variety, who say, "let's see how our religion...
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it is not as important so far as actually physically getting off your duff and going into the street. and i'm under no illusion that i can ignite some national wave of protest. but as more and more cities become more and more unhappy with what their corrupt government is doing, maybe a critical mass builds. >> marty kaplan, thank you again for joining me. >> thank you. >> bless you, marty. but do we have to take our cue from brazil? we've seen collective action work before to make this a better country. some of us have even been around long enough to remember the fight for voting rights 50 years ago. we remember the protests by courageous men and women who put their lives on the line, and the political skills of president lyndon johnson and the congress that passed the voting rights act of 1965. i worked for lbj and i was there when not long after peaceful protesters in selma, alabama, had been ruthlessly beaten by white thugs in official uniforms. the president went before a joint session of congress and turned the anthem of the civil rights movement into a hymn of freedom for all. >
it is not as important so far as actually physically getting off your duff and going into the street. and i'm under no illusion that i can ignite some national wave of protest. but as more and more cities become more and more unhappy with what their corrupt government is doing, maybe a critical mass builds. >> marty kaplan, thank you again for joining me. >> thank you. >> bless you, marty. but do we have to take our cue from brazil? we've seen collective action work before to...
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the city, overlooking everything else. and, yes, there is an elevator to take you to the top. just be prepared to wait in line. >> we saw the washington memorial and went up in it, and the jefferson memorial. >> which one's been your favorite so far? >> oh, the washington. >> why? >> it was really cool to go up and to be able to look around and see all the stuff that was around it. >> why do you think it's important to have memorials to our famous presidents? >> because when they died, it honors them and it shows respect, that we care about them. >> judging from the millions of people who visit the monument each year, people certainly care a lot about our first president. i'm lauren for "teen kids news." >> well, that wraps it up for this week's "teen kids news." but we'll be back next week, so see you then. >> here's a shout-out to prnewswire forncluding "teen kids news" on their big screen in times square, new york city. yÑy [intense drumming] ♪ - this is the royal mile, a street in downtown that's full of museums, s
the city, overlooking everything else. and, yes, there is an elevator to take you to the top. just be prepared to wait in line. >> we saw the washington memorial and went up in it, and the jefferson memorial. >> which one's been your favorite so far? >> oh, the washington. >> why? >> it was really cool to go up and to be able to look around and see all the stuff that was around it. >> why do you think it's important to have memorials to our famous presidents?...
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massive roman empire, a history that's still alive and well in the eternal city today... [dramatic instrumental music] and can be explored in the many ruins... that's called the roman forum. - the colosseum is huge! - arts, classes, and reenactments. plus with pasta... - italian pizza. - yummy, fresh cheese and fruits, and... - gelato. - there's plenty of tastes to tempt tiny palates. conquer it all in... both: travel with kids: rome. female announcer: this program is made possible by
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as usual you and all of the two cities counties and distant cities. so we did lots of different teas and other cities did before just for today. keeping them there may be let's fix the babies there is a unique and special feeling to celebrating my twenty six has only increased. i could eat in this place is a historical place where jesus we was walking on this ground attack and that tax basis not only by listening from the folks from the teachers but you can see it alive. i see people are giggling together coming to these places. so this is that there's an atmosphere this this period. this rockets into the heart of the people in the top especially during this christmas period to see this as just the price a speech st eighty one. i'm sick and that they stand for israel. i am . bush and president led india to tim has used his state of the nation address to comment on the ongoing unrest in ukraine on developments in the middle east and anything the veiled criticism on the militants rates diminutive president of the world's largest countries that show was
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demonstrates this extends across the city central streets and side i will not be made until the cabinet was islands parliament is dissolved. i'm president get nuked of its leaves. son die so points in between protesters i'm brought place as well as the involvement of three hundred people from the practical problem with the fourth placed the sweaters last ep so protesters. the protests may put the dons separate isaac got off the onion to be expanded to many pod refusing to sell an appeal to the european union were likely sprint he discussed front testers on site to my morning prompting tens of thousands of people to come to kl . i knew the routine use of june more. in going in in. i did. you can. shoot. zz i . eu. i love his yelled to me. what does he hold the bacon tries to separate traffic at the festival of lights with music and dancing and the traditional candlelight and seventy the anime he wants his coat when he is an attempt to boost the image of the ninety it was sent to the temple of jerusalem. when i can tell even though it's dark because going to find. stephen and listening to
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the north of the city. so cold the real bones the metal oil drums filled with explosives and shrapnel. the crude weapons scandal point lead when they explode causing numerous civilian deaths and injuries the range of madrid star has the keys targeting terrorists security forces in iraq the restive sunni will make up on terrorism count his daycare that killed the man's brother and one just has gone during the operation to detain him as he received will make a buck out of money has been prominent among the organizers of semi protests against iraq's shiite government. the post here well the much discussed and mailed it has happened over a teasing china formally approved the easing of the country's one child per family policy introduced in the nineteen seventies as a means of keeping down population growth the policy has always been controversial especially in the country what children traditionally played a central role in caring for their parents when they grow old she and john have experienced the worst thin
the north of the city. so cold the real bones the metal oil drums filled with explosives and shrapnel. the crude weapons scandal point lead when they explode causing numerous civilian deaths and injuries the range of madrid star has the keys targeting terrorists security forces in iraq the restive sunni will make up on terrorism count his daycare that killed the man's brother and one just has gone during the operation to detain him as he received will make a buck out of money has been prominent...
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u.s.s.r." >> the heart of the czech republic is the beautiful city of prague. today, it's the capital of a democratic state, but for more than 40 years...prague was under the thumb of moscow. because of the communist influence, one would expect that there would be a monument here to lenin. there is. but not to thlenin, one of the founders of communism, but to lennon, one of the founders of the beatles. the people of prague call it "the lennon wall." it's covered with graffiti honoring the singer. >> i think it's neat how the city almost encourages it, 'cause in the united states, graffiti is more of a -- it's kind of looked at as not an art form. but in prague, all over the city, it's accepted as an art, which i think is interesting. >> graffiti has a special place in the hearts of people here. under communism, speaking out against government was forbidden, so graffiti was a form of political protest. when john lennon was killed in 1980, young people again turned to graffiti. to them, lennon stood for peace and artistic freedom. writing on the wall helped them
u.s.s.r." >> the heart of the czech republic is the beautiful city of prague. today, it's the capital of a democratic state, but for more than 40 years...prague was under the thumb of moscow. because of the communist influence, one would expect that there would be a monument here to lenin. there is. but not to thlenin, one of the founders of communism, but to lennon, one of the founders of the beatles. the people of prague call it "the lennon wall." it's covered with...
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much the private sector running almost entirely everything in the city. >> mark pocan: alec is a corporate dating service for lonely legislators and corporate special interests that eventually the relationship culminates with some special interest legislation and hopefully that lives happily ever after as the alec model. unfortunately what's excluded from that equation is the public. >> bill moyers: democrat mark pocan, now a member of the u.s. congress, was until recently a wisconsin state representative. he is one of alec's loudest critics. >> mark pocan: this is part of a national conservative movement that's involved in all 50 states, that introduces the same cookie cutter legislation state by state on behalf of their corporate paid members. >> bill moyers: by one count, nearly a third of wisconsin's lawmakers are alec members. >> mark pocan: when you look around especially on the republican side of the aisle, a lot of members of alec. front row -- alec. when you start going down to the chair of finance and some of the other members are all alec members, in fact the alec co-chair for t
much the private sector running almost entirely everything in the city. >> mark pocan: alec is a corporate dating service for lonely legislators and corporate special interests that eventually the relationship culminates with some special interest legislation and hopefully that lives happily ever after as the alec model. unfortunately what's excluded from that equation is the public. >> bill moyers: democrat mark pocan, now a member of the u.s. congress, was until recently a...
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i want to show you the scene coming out of new york city. thunderstorms battered a large part of the tri state area on monday. overnight rains flooded the brooklyn district. well, unfortunately, the risk of heavy rain will linger across the new york city into tonight. but as we go into tuesday, as this problem tal system pushed away, our conditions will improve and sunny skies will return on your tuesday. however, the southwestern corner of the u.s. will be a different story. you will be on alert for heavy rain into your friday. and a new system is moving into the central plains, the plains once again there is a risk of severe weather from south dakota down to northwestern texas. even tornados cannot be ruled out. and heavy rain for the u.s./canada boarder. temperatures will be extremely high across the southwest. phoenix, 40 degrees for you. but denver will see a cool down. 24 degrees. it was 32 on your monday. and across the east, nice and comfortable. 26 in the u.s. capitol and 24 in new york city on your tuesday. okay. finally in you kno
i want to show you the scene coming out of new york city. thunderstorms battered a large part of the tri state area on monday. overnight rains flooded the brooklyn district. well, unfortunately, the risk of heavy rain will linger across the new york city into tonight. but as we go into tuesday, as this problem tal system pushed away, our conditions will improve and sunny skies will return on your tuesday. however, the southwestern corner of the u.s. will be a different story. you will be on...
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it quickly took on the nickname the magic city. >> the town's history is dotted with a lot of colorful characters. for example, calamity jane. >> calamity was quite a character. she did all kinds of things no woman would do -- no lady, anyway. she rode astride, she could smoke, drink, and cuss with the best of the men. she drove ox teams like men did. so she did men's work. but she was a really interesting person in that she was an awfully good nurse and a whole lot of people really liked calamity. in the 1920s air shows were going on all over the country. there were wing walkers. there were stunt fliers. and an air show came to town with a wing walker. unfortunately for them, they went broke here and lost all their money, and that wing walker needed a job. he went to work as a mechanic. later he became the most famous man in america when he flew solo across the atlantic. his name was charles lindbergh. >> another famous flyer who visited billings was amelia earhart. ernest hemingway actually got into a car accident and was hospitalized here with a broken arm. fortunately, that didn't
it quickly took on the nickname the magic city. >> the town's history is dotted with a lot of colorful characters. for example, calamity jane. >> calamity was quite a character. she did all kinds of things no woman would do -- no lady, anyway. she rode astride, she could smoke, drink, and cuss with the best of the men. she drove ox teams like men did. so she did men's work. but she was a really interesting person in that she was an awfully good nurse and a whole lot of people really...
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have been up since the oklahoma city bombing. obviously there was no danger of the woman actually getting into the white house, but from what you are hearing, was there any kind of situation with senators, members of congress, anybody being in danger? >> all we know is that there were several shots that were fired. that is what witnesses are telling me. i spoke to one witness that said he heard seven shots rang out. we are not sure where those shots came from. it is presumed that a lot of them actually came from authorities. we can presume because the capital was under lockdown, they have the capital secure now. we can presume now that the scene is safe. we are told that it is not active anymore. you can see that still there are a lot of authorities here investigating at the scene. at this point, we are told it is an isolated incident, that it is not terrorism related. as you know, d.c. is very much on edge, especially after just a couple of weeks ago there was the deadly mass shooting over in the navy yard not too far away from
have been up since the oklahoma city bombing. obviously there was no danger of the woman actually getting into the white house, but from what you are hearing, was there any kind of situation with senators, members of congress, anybody being in danger? >> all we know is that there were several shots that were fired. that is what witnesses are telling me. i spoke to one witness that said he heard seven shots rang out. we are not sure where those shots came from. it is presumed that a lot of...
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although the area surrounding the capital city of cardiff is filled with ruins and museums, the streets here have the cosmopolitan feel of a big city with lots of modern architecture and sculptures. explore cardiff and head north into the wilds of the countryside in... both: travel with kids: wales. female announcer: this program is made possible by sears vacations, the official sponsor of family fun.
although the area surrounding the capital city of cardiff is filled with ruins and museums, the streets here have the cosmopolitan feel of a big city with lots of modern architecture and sculptures. explore cardiff and head north into the wilds of the countryside in... both: travel with kids: wales. female announcer: this program is made possible by sears vacations, the official sponsor of family fun.
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while the city of washington commended its fire and ems departments in response to the shooting, a recent investigation has called into question whether moore had can -- more could have been done. >> officer scott williams was shot multiple times in both legs. the ambulance that transported him to washington hospital center did not have a paramedic onboard her. dispatchers reported. >> units available. ambulance for as and dispensed at this time. >> medic unit seven and eight had both been downgraded. meaning they were operating without a paramedic. paramedic units had to be brought in from maryland in a fire department has repeatedly struggled to provide timely emergency care as dozens of paramedics have resigned and ambulances are in disrepair. >> this has been an ongoing issue for years that i don't think the city has adequately solved her. even with the addition of nine paramedics, d.c. will still be far behind other cities, including columbus, memphis and phoenix, places with comparable control always. according to the head of the d.c. fire union, the city has been in a downward spir
while the city of washington commended its fire and ems departments in response to the shooting, a recent investigation has called into question whether moore had can -- more could have been done. >> officer scott williams was shot multiple times in both legs. the ambulance that transported him to washington hospital center did not have a paramedic onboard her. dispatchers reported. >> units available. ambulance for as and dispensed at this time. >> medic unit seven and eight...
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relit to celebrate the city's winning bid. >>> many people said tokyo was the favorite going into the ioc vote. we look at the reasons why it beat out the two other candidate cities. >> reporter: japanese officials had a clear message for the ioc, tokyo is safe, secure, and has the know-how to put on world-class games. >> a city blessed with infrastructure and still investing to prove further. >> reporter: the governor of tokyo says it has $4.5 billion set aside for the 2020 games. and that financial security was an advantage over revel city many drid. spain is still struggling from an economic crisis and olympic officials had doubts it could improve existing or build new facilities. the delegation stressed how having the games in istanbul could help bring peace to the region. but unrest there earlier this year as well as the crisis in syria had ioc nebraskas worried about safety. that gave tokyo extra points since it is one of the safest cities in the world. >> you have described yourself as being a safe bearer of hands. as a surgeon this appears to me something i had felt myself. >>
relit to celebrate the city's winning bid. >>> many people said tokyo was the favorite going into the ioc vote. we look at the reasons why it beat out the two other candidate cities. >> reporter: japanese officials had a clear message for the ioc, tokyo is safe, secure, and has the know-how to put on world-class games. >> a city blessed with infrastructure and still investing to prove further. >> reporter: the governor of tokyo says it has $4.5 billion set aside for...
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and iran match, in the center of new york city, times square, okay? >> yes. >> okay. >> reporter: wrestling is very popular in iran. the country's athletes have practiced the sports since ancient times and it's considered there to be the origin of all combat sports. iranian wrestles have won several titles in international events including six medals in last year's london olympics. >> translator: it's so sad. all my life, i have considered wrestling a national sport in iran. >> translator: if wrestling is eliminated, iran has little chanf winning any olympic medals. the federation must do all it can to stop its being dropped. >> reporter: amid the sense of crisis, members of the national team have been busy tuning up for the friendly match with the united states. this wrestler won a medal at the london games. he says he cannot forget the cheering of the sellout audience in london. he is determined to keep the sport in the olympics. it is the goal of all wrestlers. he voiced his desire ahead of his first visit to united states. >> translator: we will r
and iran match, in the center of new york city, times square, okay? >> yes. >> okay. >> reporter: wrestling is very popular in iran. the country's athletes have practiced the sports since ancient times and it's considered there to be the origin of all combat sports. iranian wrestles have won several titles in international events including six medals in last year's london olympics. >> translator: it's so sad. all my life, i have considered wrestling a national sport in...
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. >> well, in new york city, it's the must-go-to event -- the new york auto show. 1,000 vehicles on the floor of the javits convention center, and a million new yorkers are gonna be checking out their favorites, including this, which is arguably mine. this is the all-new, never-seen-before jeep cherokee. this car is completely redesigned. 31 miles to the gallon. mom and dad are gonna be able to choose from three different four-wheel-drive options. look for it in showrooms later this year. well, toyota has their suv out that's completely refreshed. it's the toyota highlander. first time in seven years they've redone this. they'll have three powertrain options available under the hood, including a hybrid option, all-wheel-drive. it has what's called pre-collision warning, which will tell mom or dad if they're getting too close to a person in front of them. plenty of room for cargo and kids in the back. look for it later this year. well, if you want a little sporty sedan, the family might like this. this is from cadillac. the 2014 cadillac cts. 3.6-liter v-6, twin turbo, 415 horsepower. yo
. >> well, in new york city, it's the must-go-to event -- the new york auto show. 1,000 vehicles on the floor of the javits convention center, and a million new yorkers are gonna be checking out their favorites, including this, which is arguably mine. this is the all-new, never-seen-before jeep cherokee. this car is completely redesigned. 31 miles to the gallon. mom and dad are gonna be able to choose from three different four-wheel-drive options. look for it in showrooms later this year....
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the city of barcelona. another look at the top business stories up next and a live report from hong kong. remembering the victims of 9/11 on the 12th anniversary of the terror attacks. >> on the 12th anniversary of the terror attacks on the u.s., a new time lapse video shows the construction of one world trade center in new york city from 2004 -- 2013. -- from 2004-2013. >> amazing to watch. asian markets close with mixed results on wednesday after trenton -- 10 straight days of gains. a series of central-bank meetings across the region. >> even with confidence in china's economy on the upswing again and the fear of the u.s. attack on syria fading, investors in these doff the gas pedal a bit. the nikkei index started flat but is dipping into the negative territory. the cost be index is slightly higher and china's shares are on a lower footing. even with many investors still jittery over the prospect that the fed will start scaling back its massive stimulus program as early as next week. several central bank
the city of barcelona. another look at the top business stories up next and a live report from hong kong. remembering the victims of 9/11 on the 12th anniversary of the terror attacks. >> on the 12th anniversary of the terror attacks on the u.s., a new time lapse video shows the construction of one world trade center in new york city from 2004 -- 2013. -- from 2004-2013. >> amazing to watch. asian markets close with mixed results on wednesday after trenton -- 10 straight days of...
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these disclosures about mosques have outraged many living in the city. >> on the streets of new york, the police are never far away. it is the largest force in the country, with 35,000 uniformed nypd officers. their presence on new york city streets is considered a deterrent to crime. the latest controversy surrounds the police who avoid being seen. newly revealed documents obtained by the associated press show how the nypd secretly labeled mosques as terrorist organizations. this gave them legal grounds to use informants and undercover officers to spy on activities inside the places of worship. revelations that have shocked many new york muslims, including the arab-american association, which was monitored by police. >> to think in your police barman has put me and members -- the new york police department has put me and numbers of my community singly because we are muslim, that is the problem. for the lease apartment, being muslim is already the crime. that is what really outrages me the most. >> from the islamic society up a ridge in brooklyn, he found that his group was under surv
these disclosures about mosques have outraged many living in the city. >> on the streets of new york, the police are never far away. it is the largest force in the country, with 35,000 uniformed nypd officers. their presence on new york city streets is considered a deterrent to crime. the latest controversy surrounds the police who avoid being seen. newly revealed documents obtained by the associated press show how the nypd secretly labeled mosques as terrorist organizations. this gave...
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of managing the city's descent into bankruptcy. so the winner of today's merrill action but very little power. instead you work under emergency financial manager kevin or less full powers over the city's budget meeting the new mayor will have to get orders approval on any new spending. while both candidates are running for mayor of detroit stand opposed to the financial manager in charge of their city. neither they nor the voters have any power the selection to remove him when governor rick snyder has the power and all senators refused to endorse either candidate for mayor he has supported his financial manager insists the city of detroit w will be under kevin or is controlled through the bankruptcy process. so it's an election in name only in detroit today now up to washington state were the gmo industry finds itself in another fight against transparency. on the ballot there is an issue that five twenty two for two wires companies to label foods that contain genetically modified ingredients. washington state is turned into a calif
of managing the city's descent into bankruptcy. so the winner of today's merrill action but very little power. instead you work under emergency financial manager kevin or less full powers over the city's budget meeting the new mayor will have to get orders approval on any new spending. while both candidates are running for mayor of detroit stand opposed to the financial manager in charge of their city. neither they nor the voters have any power the selection to remove him when governor rick...
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in new york city, it has been a busy week for the general assembly. the diplomats labors are starting to bear fruit. thursday evening we learned the five permanent members have agreed to a draft resolution put forward by the u.s. and russia that compels syria to give up its chemical weapons stockpiles. an official vote may come as soon as this evening. throughout these negotiations the main point of contention centered on chapter seven measures which allow for military and non-military actions. three of the five members of the security council of the u.s., france, and the u.k. wanted a resolution to contain chapter seven measures as punishment if syria fails to hand over its chemical weapons. the other permanent members, russia and china opposed any chapter seven measures. the agreed-upon draft resolution does not contain any chapter seven measures meaning that if syria does not comply, the u.n. will have to pass a second measure to approve any military or non-military action flick strikes or sanctions. where do things go from here? our correspondent
in new york city, it has been a busy week for the general assembly. the diplomats labors are starting to bear fruit. thursday evening we learned the five permanent members have agreed to a draft resolution put forward by the u.s. and russia that compels syria to give up its chemical weapons stockpiles. an official vote may come as soon as this evening. throughout these negotiations the main point of contention centered on chapter seven measures which allow for military and non-military actions....
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among them is the first buddhist to join the senate, as well as the first hindu and the first openly bisexual woman in the house. secretary of state hillary clinton heading back to work after being released from a new york city hospital following treatment for a blood clot. many lawmakers demanding clinton testify about the terror attack in benghazi before voting on her potential successor, nominee senator john kerry. google chairman eric schmidt and former new mexico governor bill richardson arriving in north korea. his visit drawing criticism from the state department because it comes only weeks after a controversial north korean rocket launch. the delegation defends its trip to the communist nation. >> this is a private humanitarian visit. we're here as individual american citizens, looking at the humanitarian situation. we're gonna ask about the american detainee who's here. we're interested in the economic and political situation. >> schmidt is the highest-profile u.s. executive to visit north korea, a country with notoriously restrictive online policies since young leader kim j
among them is the first buddhist to join the senate, as well as the first hindu and the first openly bisexual woman in the house. secretary of state hillary clinton heading back to work after being released from a new york city hospital following treatment for a blood clot. many lawmakers demanding clinton testify about the terror attack in benghazi before voting on her potential successor, nominee senator john kerry. google chairman eric schmidt and former new mexico governor bill richardson...
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we begin with continuing coverage of the united nations general assembly in new york city. speaking in front of the assembly are leaders of two dozen countries. the real business is what is taking place in meetings throughout the week. the one-on-one czar group meetings to hash out out some of the crises. the iranian nuclear deal may be back on the table. well they didn't end up meeting face to face, john kerry is scheduled to meet with his iranian counterpart on thursday for further talks. elsewhere, the un security council is busy considering weapons. also surrogate laugher off -- also sergie. what might come out of this? let's start by talking about what might happen with iran. president obama did talk about dispatching john kerry to work out a deal. what can we expect? this deal proved elusive. what changes? >> what changes we will see tomorrow. we are talking about five meetings of the security council to discuss the situation around the iranian -- uranium enrichment program. mr. kerry will meet with the former -- with the minister. if mr. obama had met it would have b
we begin with continuing coverage of the united nations general assembly in new york city. speaking in front of the assembly are leaders of two dozen countries. the real business is what is taking place in meetings throughout the week. the one-on-one czar group meetings to hash out out some of the crises. the iranian nuclear deal may be back on the table. well they didn't end up meeting face to face, john kerry is scheduled to meet with his iranian counterpart on thursday for further talks....
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city. >> it is for charity and also for tourism, to tell everybody all over the world that egypt is safe. >> the bikers hope this initiative is are peaked every month with the revenue allocated to a different charity organization every time. bikers, it seems, are not always as rough or gangly as they look. cctv, kyra. >> i don't know if i've ever seen him so happy before. who is the most powerful person in the world? according to forbes, russian president vladimir putin is number one. he knocked off u.s. president barack obama, down to the number two spot. obama is followed by chinese president xi jinping. we go russia, america, and china. german chancellor angela merkel rounds out the top five. fascinating stuff. michele mccoury is in new york city. it thinks are watching her, thanks for watching us. we will see you tomorrow. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--
city. >> it is for charity and also for tourism, to tell everybody all over the world that egypt is safe. >> the bikers hope this initiative is are peaked every month with the revenue allocated to a different charity organization every time. bikers, it seems, are not always as rough or gangly as they look. cctv, kyra. >> i don't know if i've ever seen him so happy before. who is the most powerful person in the world? according to forbes, russian president vladimir putin is...